Use, used to, get/be/become used to
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 398.
A Can you divide these sentences into three groups of three and say on what basis you have done so? There are ten sentences, so you will have one left over. Where will you put it?
| 1. We used to grow our own vegetables. 2. Christopher and Rowena have given up using aerosol sprays. 3. Didn't you use to work in the officein Fenchurch Street? 4. It's taking me a long time to get used to driving a car with automatic gears. 5. We used that firm for five years, until they raised their prices and wouldn't give us a discount. | 6. Life on an Australian sheep-station was definitely not what Penelope was used to. 7. USED GARDENING TOOLS FOR SALE. OFFERS INVITED. PHONE 0234 55632. 8. Lord Fotheringham is used to being waited on. 9. Trains used to run direct to Cambridge but now you have to change at Bedford. 10. We used to use typewriters, but now we have to get used to using word-processors. |
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of to use, used to, to be/get/become used to.
| 1. When he was at university, Tom………….to spend every morning studying in the library. 2. …………. to the humidity was the most difficult thing about living in Singapore. 3. Employees can be dismissed for not ................. the safety equipment provided. 4. “It takes a bit of ……………….to,”said our instructor as he stepped over the edge. 5. Not ................ to such tough questioning, the Minister began to look nervous. | 6. You have already ..................... up your petty cash allowance for this year. 7. “I'll never ……………… to these controls,” said Martin. 8. Until I read that article, I hadn't thought of …………… plastic bottles to protect my young plants from slugs and snails. 9. Did Mary ................ to work at Tesco's? 10. Before his retirement, Bernard .............................. to a much higher standard of living. |
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